Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.

Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation.

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.

I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

If you don't want to be a victim, don't act like one.

My advice to everyone is find something that you love to do and you are passionate about. Because if you're not passionate about something, it's very difficult to be dedicated to it.

I'd walk and think about my entire life. I'd find my strength again, far from everything that had made my life ridiculous.

Poe tried alcohol, and any drug he could lay his hands on. He also tried any human being he could lay his hands on.

Too much has been forgotten in the name of memory.

I don't approach a role by saying I'll be unsavory or unlikable. I think all the roles I've done have been very passionate people who go to absolute extremes to make their points.

I guess all the directors in France are influenced by Hitchcock, because he's the perfect visual director, in my eyes.

The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.